Goldman Sachs investigates historical claim of attempted rape

The victim wrote directly to chief executive Lloyd Blankfein in an email that carried the subject line 'attempted rape 1994'

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Becky Pritchard

March 26, 2018 Updated: March 27, 2018 8:18 a.m. GMT

Goldman Sachs has been investigating allegations of a serious historic sexual assault against a former female employee, after the victim wrote directly to chief executive Lloyd Blankfein in an email that carried the subject line 'attempted rape 1994'.

The former Goldman employee alleges she was sexually assaulted by a group of drunk male colleagues from the US banking giant's currency trading division at a dinner for brokers in London in 1994.